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Article #673Re: Which Makes Most Sense?
From: Colin Fine
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:28
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:28
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Prisoner at War wrote: > Well, even etiquette usually follows some kind of logic. The > assumptions may be arbitrary -- like toilet paper over or under -- but > there is logic leading to the final outcome. I tend to stick with > tucking things within quotes just because it looks better (more tidy), > except in cases where doing so would be misleading (question marks > which are mine and not part of the original quote, say). > At least as often, etiquette follows no kind of logic except the one of <soapbox>making it difficult or awkward to learn and comply with, because otherwise it won't serve its primary purpose of marking out the elite from the would-be elite</soapbox>. It often comes prepackaged with elaborate rationalisations though. Colin
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